05/31/2019
The scheme stated: "Following our investigations, we now understand London Capital & Finance’s business practices much better, and we believe there are sufficient grounds for us to carry on exploring these issues.
05/30/2019
This means buyers only need a 5 per cent cash deposit and a 75 per cent mortgage to make up the rest. In London the government loan even amounts to 40 per cent.
05/30/2019
"Advisers work with one set of documents, one set of compliance rules and one client file record ensuring consistent and accurate advice at all times."
05/30/2019
The FSCS told FTAdviser it had received 229 claims against the brother's advice arm Taylor & Taylor Associates, totalling £5.5m.
05/30/2019
London is no longer perceived as the world's preeminent financial centre by global professionals, the majority of whom now see New York as the world's financial hub, with Brexit uncertainty weighing heavily on perceptions of the UK capital'
05/30/2019
It has also unveiled rate reductions of up to 0.20 percentage points across seven of its two-year and five-year fixed rate products, with LTVs ranging from 85-95 per cent.
05/30/2019
The London property is linked to a politically exposed person believed to be involved in serious crime.
05/30/2019
“The new arrangements will lead to smoother operations in areas such as information exchange, regulatory cooperation and ultimately the authorisation of funds,” said ZEDRA Hong Kong Managing Director, John Ashwood.
05/30/2019
The FCA identified significant shortcomings by principal firms as to how they understood and complied with their regulatory responsibilities in respect of their ARs.
05/30/2019
This new initiative follows Italy, which enacted in early February 2019 a set of rules establishing an overarching legal foundation for the validity and enforceability of distributed ledger technologies and smart contracts.
05/30/2019
ESMA has been asked to provide its contributions by no later than 31 December 2019.
05/30/2019
While Mr Milton only uses one platform, he had a client who had assets spread across two platforms.
05/29/2019
Church Commissioners, the organisation that manages the assets of the Church of England, has a huge pay gap between its highest and lowest-earning employees, according to its latest annual report.
05/29/2019
The GDPR implications for the financial services sector were undoubtedly significant, and the move towards digitisation and open banking has compounded an already complicated privacy landscape in an industry where trust is crucial.
05/29/2019
The regulator called on the EU to adopt "equivalency" for a short period in the event of a no deal
05/29/2019
The trades are designed to cancel each other out, so the investors are in the same position as when they started, except that the brokers charge the clients a fee for carrying out the trades, which are typically not needed by the client.
05/29/2019
Leading offshore law firm advises bank on credit facility
We are delighted to have advised JPMorgan Chase Bank
05/28/2019
When a couple divorce and there is family business wealth in common, protecting that wealth requires special consideration. Charmaine Hast of lawyers Wedlake Bell offers some analysis
05/28/2019
According to the authors’, the issuing of digital currencies by the central bank should be considered independently from the technology underlying such currency
05/28/2019
Felix Hufeld, president of Germany’s BaFin banking watchdog, said banks will have a 12-month timeframe to implement the countercyclical capital buffer, starting from July 1.